Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, November 14, 2013
Your news links for today: Secret TPP treaty IP Chapter: Advanced text with negotiation positions for all 12 nations (Wikileaks) TPP Leak Confirms the Worst: US Negotiators Still Trying to…
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Stephen Harper’s Bobblehead
I found Stephen Harper’s Bobblehead (or bubblehead) on the internet. I just added the bobbling. Also found another version of the bubblehead of Rob Ford.
Jim – it’s you who loves P3s, not us
The Honourable Jim Flaherty Minister of Finance House of Commons Centre Block Building – Room 435-S Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Jim – We get it. You love public-private partnerships,…
Ask General Kang: If I say I’m going to be there, but then I don’t show up, does that make me a ‘douche-bag’?
Yes. Yes, it does. If you say you are going to be there, but then never turn up, then you are a wanker, pure and simple. Unless you have a…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, November 14, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, November 14, 2013 Santa Claus Parade asks Rob Ford not to march Rob Ford did drugs, partied…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Glen Pearson theorizes that inequality will be the defining theme of the current political era. Tavia Grant and Janet McFarland document the…
Nov. 14: law and order vs. freedom and justice
P.4 “Police all over Canada are watching protests says top NB Mountie”. I have no doubt they are. Nor do I have any doubt about the sincerity and honesty of…
The Stupid Among Us
I was in a rather foul mood yesterday, and I think it was largely attributable to the ongoing spectacle known as Toronto civic politics. Like one sated on too much…
Who Will Follow Harper?
Murray Dobbins writes that it’s easy to become obsessed with Stephen Harper. But whoever follows him could make things worse. After all, Paul Martin made Stephen Harper possible, just as…
Stress Shouldn’t Stress You Out
In this TED talk, Kelly McGonigal examines the biology of stress and concludes that we really shouldn’t be all that worried about it. Stress. It makes your heart pound, your…
Toronto needs a mayor: In order to sue for damage to your reputation…
…you first need to have a reputation.
On legacies
Peter MacKinnon’s report (PDF) on the possibilities for a Saskatchewan heritage fund is well worth a read. And I’ll readily agree with the central premise that it’s well worth setting…
The Many Roles of a Family Caregiver
From our friends at Caring.com, comes this great info-graphic about caregiving roles. What roles are you playing today? My day will be mostly helper, chef and companion. But I will…
Conservatives are really, really not going to like my Sun column on Sunday
…I wrote it after getting mad that a convicted fraud-artist was being brought on Metro Morning to pronounce on ethics and politics. I can’t give the column away just yet,…
New column day
Here, on how governments are outsourcing policy decisions to employers in areas ranging from immigration to employment insurance – and on why that may not be any more desirable for…
Stephen Harper’s scorched earth plan.
It was in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Halloween convention speech and we failed to recognize it. It is there in his disdain for Ottawa and its elites. It is there…
Don’t Mess With Texas: Michael Bishop’s Battle Against TransCanada Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
If you ever doubted that one man’s stand against the oil and gas industry can make a difference, consider the case of Michael Bishop. The 65 year old Marine veteran,…
Nobel Women’s Initiative Report Explores Tar Sands Expansion Plans From The Perspective of Local Women
A year ago, six female Nobel laureates set out on a nine-day trek across Alberta and British Columbia to find out how Canada’s tar sands expansion is uniquely impacting the…
Toronto needs a mayor: the problem and the solution
Rob Ford’s Road to Re-Election Long and Bumpy as Prospects for another Victory look Bleak Toronto, ON – While the next municipal election is still a year away, Mayor Ford’s…